David Manker Abshire

David Manker Abshire
13th United States Ambassador to NATO
In office
July 13, 1983 – January 5, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byWilliam Tapley Bennett Jr.
Succeeded byAlton G. Keel Jr.
11th United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
In office
April 20, 1970 – January 8, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byWilliam B. Macomber Jr.
Succeeded byMarshall Wright
Personal details
Born
David Manker Abshire

(1926-04-11)April 11, 1926
Chattanooga, Tennessee
DiedOctober 31, 2014(2014-10-31) (aged 88)
Alexandria, Virginia
Political partyRepublican
SpouseCarolyn Lamar Sample
EducationU.S. Military Academy (B.S.)
Georgetown University (Ph.D.)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1951–1955
Battles/warsKorean War
AwardsBronze Star Medal

David Manker Abshire (April 11, 1926 – October 31, 2014) served as a Special Counselor to President Ronald Reagan and was the United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 1983 to 1987. Abshire presided over the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.

In July 2002, he was elected President of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation of New York. He was a member of the exclusive Alfalfa Club.[1]

Abshire was a Republican and the author of seven books, the most recent being A Call to Greatness: Challenging Our Next President, which was published in 2008. Abshire was married and had five children.

He was a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation[2] and sat on the advisory board of America Abroad Media.[3]

  1. ^ "David M. Abshire". www.csis.org. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  2. ^ "National Advisory Council". Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  3. ^ Profile Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, americaabroadmedia.org; accessed October 31, 2014.

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